Categories: Vegetarian, Dairy Free*leave out the cheese, Gluten free*use gluten-free pasta, Season: SummerPasta alla Norma is a quintessential Siclian dish named for the opera, Norma, written by Catania resident Vincenzo Bellini in 1831. During that time, a masterpiece compared to "a Norma" which indicates the how highly prized this recipe was.